Editing Wellsville, Ohio (section)

===Early history and establishment===
In 1770, [[George Washington]] with his friend and personal surveyor, [[William Crawford (soldier)|William Crawford]], embarked on a journey down the Ohio River from [[Pittsburgh]] for the purpose of viewing lands to be apportioned among soldiers who had served in the [[French and Indian War]]. They are reported to have surveyed the Wellsville area, just north of Yellow Creek in 1770,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danielboonetrail.com/historicalsites.php?id=86|title=DanielBooneTrail.com|website=DanielBooneTrail.com|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> and it was noted in his journal that it was good bottom land.

The [[Yellow Creek Massacre]] occurred near Wellsville in 1774. A group of Virginian settlers killed the relatives of a prominent Iroquois leader, [[Logan (American Indian leader)|Logan]], who was camped on Yellow Creek. Logan took revenge, resulting in [[Dunmore's War|Lord Dunmore's War]].

James Clark and William Wells first settled in the area in 1795. Although they had to leave for a while due to Native American attacks in the area, they returned between 1797 and 1800. Wellsville was founded in 1797 by William Wells, a Pennsylvanian, and former justice of the [[Territory Northwest of the River Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mangus|first1=Michael|last2=Herman|first2=Jennifer L.|title=Ohio Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bndxn4Qlt4EC&pg=PA572|year=2008|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-1-878592-68-2|page=572}}</ref> Wellsville's first school and church were also established before 1800. A barn built in 1807 by the Aten family was moved to [[Hale Farm and Village]] in Bath, Ohio.<ref>From Hale Farm's website: Though Wheatfield Village never really existed, the historic buildings are original 19th century structures built within Ohio's Western Reserve.  These buildings were acquired by Hale Farm and moved to the site as part of a "historic preservation through relocation" program. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20021218211328/http://wneo.org/halefarm/village/wheatfield2.htm 404 - File or directory not found.]}}</ref>